Safety of DVD player in car for RF toddler?

DH (dear husband) and I are talking about buying a DVD player to entertain DD (dear daughter) (2 years) on long car rides... I'm a little nervous about safety though. We've looked at ones that can be strapped on the back of the passenger/driver headrests, but DD (dear daughter) is RF (rear facing) and will be for at least 2 more years. I was thinking we could install on the back row center headrest. DD (dear daughter) is outboard and would have to turn her head a little to see it, but I feel like it's safer than strapping it to the head rest directly in front of her. I would love feed back though (where to install, best brand/model, safety, etc.). TIA!

I have the ones Kate described. I call it an acceptable risk (for us), we have two doubles, so 4 screens, yikes! We only use them for long trips. I do feel bad every time we hook them up, but our sanity is a much-needed on these long drives.

I just strapped it to the head rest directly in front of my RF (rear facing) daughter on this past summers 4,000+ vacation road trip. I have no middle head rest. She quickly learned if she pulled on the cable connecting it it would turn off and wouldn't turn back on till I stopped again. She was 2 months shy of 3 years old on the trip. DS (dear son) was 2 months shy of 6 and forward facing so his was hooked to the passenger seat in front of him. The same movie played on both screens and he was able to reach it to push play or change the disk.

Thanks for the feedback! Good to know that they can be super tightly installed. All the one's we've seen come in packs of two (can you play a different movie on each, or one movie on for both screens?), which we don't really need, but probably will someday. I guess we would have a backup if one stops working then? I'll look into the iPad mount as well. I was also thinkng about installing on the middle headrest since we have a plush mirror installed on the headrest in front of DD (dear daughter) so we can see her and I kind of want to keep that as well...

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